Hnefatafl Viking Chess Set - Authentic, Traditional Two-Player Strategy Board Game Classic - Historic European Tabletop Asymmetric War Game

Les pions sont en bois, la planche très belle. Une belle boite, en somme une belle qualité. Le jeu est très plaisant, mon fils adore son cadeau.

This game is one of the most beautiful board games we've owned. Each plastic piece is cut with geometric angles, creating pleasant-looking pieces that you would expect to be hewn from stone or jade. Each piece is stored in a felt-lined form box so that when you open the box, the pieces look like jewels.The game board is one solid piece, which is nice for a game that relies on moving between squares.Why do I go on about the aesthetics of this game? Because in a simple game, aesthetics matter. You could play this game with pieces of paper - the rules are not complex. But this gives a beautiful play experience and therefore I found it worth the cost.The teal blue pieces (medium pieces) are the offense, trying to attack the white (tallest piece) king. He is defended by a small band of short pieces. The rules are simple, and I will say that they aren't the easiest to read on the vellum instruction paper. Nice visuals are given to demonstrate the basic rules. We all caught on, including the 9yo who played with us.This game is for 2 people.

The product is gorgeous and well made, but a few wooden pieces were scarred or slightly chipped (probably a production defect in my case). The colours are nice in all of it's parts (case, pieces, game board, insructions).

I bought this for my husband’s Birthday a few days ago. We’ve already played several hours of it together and have found the game to be really challenging and fun. The quality of this set is top notch. From the chess board to the wooden painted pawns, and all the way to the box and packaging elements. Our only complaint is that we could’ve used a few more instructions on how the game is to be played. The instructions included in the set are very limited and we had to look up some YouTube videos to make full sense of the rules. Other than that, fun unique game, cool aesthetic, and really beautiful set!

Really love playing the game. Easier and quicker to learn and play than chess and offers many ways to strategize as the attacker or defender which offers loads of re-playability. The pieces are really pretty to look at and are finished very well, however because they are very light weight, while trying to set them up/play with them they often fall, knocking others over and are fiddly given the small size of the board. Would have given 5 stars if the pieces had a little more weight to them. Highly recommend as a gift.